https://dout.dev/tags/design-engineering/ RSS feed for posts tagged with design-engineering en Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://dout.dev/posts/2026-09-01-a-palette-is-not-a-list-of-colors.html https://dout.dev/posts/2026-09-01-a-palette-is-not-a-list-of-colors.html Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT The moment a color palette enters a design system, it stops being a collection of colors that look good together. It becomes a scale, and a scale needs a rule.